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Using Traditional isolation practices during virus outbreak

Location

Place : Cordillera
 
Country : Philippines
 
Region : South East Asia
 
 
 

Hazard

Primary : Bio Hazard

Typology of Heritage

Oral Traditions

Aspect of Disaster Management

Post Disaster Recovery

Summary

Community closures have been widely used in the Cordillera, Philippines, where the practice called ubaya/tengaw. Declared during the agricultural cycle, everyone stays home. Community members protect each other and avoid interaction with outside people. The same principle was adapted during the covid 19 pandemic as well.

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